Dorking : by & for Mrs. R.B.Ede, [1848]. A most attractive antique print – the Italianate eighteenth-century house at Roehampton from the gardens – a gardener with brush and basket hard at work. The building now forms part of Roehampton University. Engraved by Thomas Abiel Prior (1809-1866) from an original study by the gifted Thomas Allom. Originally produced for the part-work “History of Surrey” (1840-1848). Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 130 x 171mm (approx. 5-1/8” x 6-3/4”). Just a touch dusty in lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[ENGLISH SCHOOL] : THE NORTH VIEW OF ROEHAMPTON IN SURREY.

[London : for R. Goadby, 1776]. A handsome antique print – Roehampton from the Thames in the eighteenth century, small craft on the water – “one of the pleasantest villages near London, having in it several fine houses of merchants; but they are scattered about, so as not to resemble a street, or regular town”. Originally produced for “A New Display of the Beauties of England” (London : 1776-1777). Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 113 x 190mm (approx. 4-1/2” x 7-1/2”). Trimmed a little close, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[ENGLISH SCHOOL] : ROEHAMPTON PRIORY. SURREY.

[London : 1860]. A charming small antique print – the exterior of the gothic house at Roehampton – “the fine seat of the late Lord Justice Sir J. Knight Bruce, has been converted into a private lunatic asylum” (James Thorne, 1876). The building is nowadays known as the Priory Hospital. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale’s part-work survey published as “The Curiosities of Great Britain” or “England Delineated” in various formats between 1838 and 1860. Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 77 x 110mm (approx. 3” x 4-3/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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